To Comrade Zinoviev or his deputy

Petrograd

I earnestly beg you to help in every way the bearer of this letter, comrade Armand Hammer, an American comrade who has undertaken the first concession. It is extremely, extremely important that his entire undertaking be a complete success.

With comradely greetings,
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

First published in 1950

in Lenin's Miscellany XXXVI

Printed from a photocopy of the manuscript